You can blame the dry spell we’re in on La Nina. Forecasters say it’s common for the weather pattern to bring periods of rain followed by a long stretch of dry weather.

Jim Matthews is a meteorologist with the National Weather
service. He says that seems to be what's happening now. And
Matthews says if past La Ninas are any indication, we could be in
for wet weather soon.

"If it starts out wet and then turns dry there is some
indication, some probability, that there's a chance of above
average precipitation during the January/February months. That's
usually what has happened. That doesn't necessarily mean that it'll
happen this year but that's what the statistics more or less show
if you look at past La Ninas."

Matthews says the Sacramento area got more than 10-inches of
rain last February and March alone.

Matthews says the reason we're not getting any rain or snow now
is because there's a high-pressure system off-shore. The system is
deflecting any storms coming from the north…storms that could
be bringing us rain.